Vesak Day 2011 Celebrated

Member of the Standing Committee at Dong Nai Party Committee and Chairwoman of Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Thi Kim, and representatives for committees, sectors, unions, and local authorities attended the festival.

Chairwoman of Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Thi Kim Lien offers a flower basket to the Management of Dong Nai Buddhism Association to mark Vesak Day 2011

At the festival, Venerable and Head of Vietnam Buddhist Church sent a message to the clergy, monks, nuns, and Buddhists to call for Buddhist Church and Buddhists to keep making contributions to the country’s development objectives.

Monks, nuns, and Buddhists with their rituals

Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Xuan Chien read the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee’s and Dong Nai Party Committee’s congratulation letter on the occasion of Vesak Festival.

Chien acknowledged and highly appreciated Dong Nai Buddhist Church’s contributions to poverty alleviation, helping needy countrymen, and natural disaster victims.

Also, Chien expressed his hope that Dong Nai Buddhist Church will grow stronger and stronger and continue to promote its tradition as a national protector, people’s guard, and suffer who associates Buddhism with life.

Reported by Lien Huong, Translated by Duy Minh